We’ve dispatched a few roosters now but while our own piggies fatten we are looking locally to fill our freezer. Our latest purchase was a whole deer. We were really pleased to find a local supplier. They had only been in business a few short months when we found them but were happy to support my request to supply the meat in my own containers instead of on foam trays and wrapped in plastic. I added a few more pieces to my Pyrex collection and the supplier even picked them up from my house (how’s that for local service). The roasts were wrapped in plastic so I’d like to think about suitable containers for them for my next order. We ended up with 15 kilograms of butchered venison which cost us $10 a kilo. For $150 we estimate this will supply over 15 meals. As we work through the deer we thought we would document the journey. Here are the cuts we received: Loin chops x 12 Y bone steak x 7 T bone steak x 12 2.5 kgs of diced meat Shanks x 2 Small shoulder roast Massive leg roast (1.8 kg) Ribs Forequater x 8 Osso Bucco Neck And here […]

about me

Brooke

I've always been eco minded, and having children only seemed to amplify the importance of ‘living gently’. We started this journey living in a small house in the suburbs of Brisbane. It was a few years later that we finally took the plunge and followed our tree change dream. We now own 14 acres on the gorgeous Granite Belt in Queensland, Australia and are a family with two kids, chickens, pigs and bees.